Golf training mat

ABSTRACT

A golf practice mat is provided, which includes a base mat, a bottom plate on the base mat, a receiving frame inserted on a portion of the base mat and the bottom plate, an artificial turf plate on the filling material, and artificial turf on the artificial turf plate. The receiving frame includes a tee-shot practice portion formed of a flat shape and an inclined practice portion filled with a filling material formed of a concaved shape. The artificial turf over the inclined practice portion includes a plurality of golf ball placing portions for placing a golf ball on the inclined practice portion. Therefore, the golf ball can be easily placed upon various inclined portions of the golf practice mat.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims the benefit of PCT International PatentApplication No. PCT/KR03/02177, filed on Oct. 17, 2003, under 35 U.S.C.§371.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a golf practice mat used for placementof golf balls for practice hitting. The golf practice mat includesvarious inclined portions upon which the golf ball can be easily placed.

BACKGROUND ART

A conventional golf practice mat is formed of an artificial turf on asupporting mat made by rubber or synthetic resin or is formed of anartificial turf in a portion to be located a golf ball on a supportingmat made by rubber. In both cases, the golf ball is placed on a flatregion of the artificial turf.

On an actual golf course, there are flat areas and inclined areas. Incase of hitting the golf ball from an inclined area, a golf playergenerally chops with an iron club or pushes with a wood club. However, aconventional golf practice mat is not generally designed for practicingan iron or a wood club.

That is, since the conventional golf practice - mat for placing a golfball is maintained with a flat portion and the mat does not have anirregular or inclined area like a real golf course, the conventionalgolf practice mat is not effective for simulating play on an actual golfcourse.

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION

It is therefore an object of the present invention to improve a golfpractice mat for practicing hitting on various inclined portions uponwhich golf balls can be easily placed.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a golf practice matincludes a base mat, a bottom plate on the base mat, a receiving frameinserted on a portion of the base mat and the bottom plate, anartificial turf plate on the filling material, and artificial turf onthe artificial turf plate. The receiving frame includes a tee-shotpractice portion formed of a flat shape and an inclined practice portionfilled with a filling material formed of a concaved shape. Theartificial turf over the inclined practice portion includes a pluralityof golf ball placing portions for placing a golf ball on the inclinedpractice portion. The golf ball placing portions are continuously formedon the inclined practice portion in a radial direction.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

The above objects and other advantages of the present invention willbecome more apparent by describing in detail preferred embodimentsthereof with reference to the attached drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a golf practice mat according to anembodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a golf practice mat according to an embodimentof the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along an A-A line in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along a B-B line in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along an A-A line in FIG. 2 having agolf ball placing portion;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along a B-B line in FIG. 2 having agolf ball placing portion;

FIG. 7 is an enlarging view of a golf ball placing portion;

FIG. 8 is a plan view of an artificial turf mat showing a golf ballplacing portion; and

FIG. 9 is another embodiment of the present invention showing a golfball placing portion.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will bedescribed in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Itshould be noted that like reference numerals are used for designation oflike or equivalent parts or portion for simplicity of illustration andexplanation.

The present invention relates to a golf practice mat including a flatportion and an inclined portion so that a variety of practices can bepossible by using the golf practice mat.

FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a golf practice mat according to anembodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a plan view of the golfpractice mat according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the golf practice mat includes a base mat 11formed of rubber or synthetic resin, an artificial turf mat 20 on asubstantial middle portion of the base mat 11, and a bottom plate 12 tofix the artificial turf mat 20 on the base mat 11. That is, theartificial turf mat 20 is located inside of a portion of the bottomplate 12 and can be fixed on the base mat 11 or detached from the basemat 11. According to an embodiment of the present invention, theartificial turf mat 20 includes a tee-shot practice portion 20 having aflat portion and an inclined practice portion 25, the inclined practiceportion 25 includes a golf ball placing portion like a groove (shown inFIGS. 5, 6, and 7) for safely stopping a golf ball 5 on the inclinedpractice portion 25.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the golf practicemat can further include a golf ball supplier 13 on a right side or on aleft side of the artificial turf mat 11 and the location of the golfball supplier 13 depends on a righty or a lefty. The golf practice matcan further include at least one advertisement portion 15 or 16 on thebottom plate 12.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along an A-A line in FIG. 2. FIG. 4 isa sectional view taken along a B-B line in FIG. 2.

Referring to FIGS. 3 and 4, the artificial turf mat 20 includes areceiving frame 21 formed of rubber or synthetic resin and shaped asubstantial rectangle, a filling material 22 for filling inside of thereceiving frame 21 which is formed of rubber or the like and has a flator a curved shape, and an artificial turf plate 31 planted withartificial turf 32 for covering on the filling material 22.

The tee-shot practice portion 24 is formed at one side of the artificialturf mat 20 and the inclined practice portion 25 is formed at the otherside of the artificial turf mat 20. The tee-shot practice portion 24 hasa substantially flat shape and the inclined portion 25 having variousshapes is inclined into a center direction. The tee-shot practiceportion 24 can further include a tee-inserting portion (not shown) forinserting a tee (not shown) for placing a golf ball on the tee. Thetee-shot practice portion 24 can further include a golf ball supplyingportion (not shown) having a hole to supply a golf ball through a bottomwhen a golf ball supplier having a tee is used for supplying a golf ballon the tee from a bottom.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the artificial turfmat 20 can be inserted in the base mat 11 or detached from the base mat11. After inserting the artificial turf mat 20 into the base mat 11, thebottom plate 12 covers the receiving frame 21, and the bottom plate 12and the receiving frame 21 are fixed by using a fixing part 27 such as ascrew, a nail, and the like. The filling material 22 is formed of softmaterial such as rubber, synthetic resin, and the like so that an impactis adsorbed when a golf club or a driver hits the filing material 22.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along an A-A line in FIG. 2 having thegolf ball placing portion, FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along a B-Bline in FIG. 2 having the golf ball placing portion, and FIG. 7 is anenlarging view of the golf ball placing portion.

Referring to FIGS. 5, 6, and 7, the artificial turf mat 20 furtherincludes a golf ball placing portion 30 for safely placing the ball onthe inclined portion of the artificial turf mat 20. According to anembodiment of the present invention, the golf ball placing portion 30 isformed of short artificial turf compared to adjacent portion.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of the artificial turf mat showing the golf ballplacing portion and FIG. 9 another plan view of the artificial turf matshowing the golf ball placing portion. As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, thegolf ball placing portion 30 can be formed on inclined practice portion25. The golf ball placing portion 30 can be the shape of one line or twolines as shown in FIG. 8 or can be the shape of several holes or groovesas shown in FIG. 9. The ball placing portion 30 can be made by cuttingsome portions of the artificial turf, but not limited to include othermanufacturing methods. It is appreciated that the shape of the golf ballplacing portion 30 is not limited as described here, but includes anyshape which can safely place the golf ball.

Referring back to FIG. 1, the advertisement portion 16 is upwardlydisposed at a rear portion to be easily seen from a player's thelocation display portion 14.

The golf practice mat is formed by inserting the artificial turf mat 20in a portion of the base mat 11 and fixing the bottom plate 12 on thereceiving frame 21 by using the fixing part 27. When a player starts topractice on the location display portion 14, the player can see theinclined installed advertisement portion 16 so that an advertisementeffect is improved.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the tee-shotpractice portion 24 for practicing a tee-shot is flat like a real golfcourse so that the tee-shot practice can be similar to a game in thereal golf course.

Further, when a player practices an iron club or a wood, if the practiceis on a flat region, the practice is different from the practicing inthe real golf course having curved or irregular portion. However, as thegolf practice mat according to an embodiment of the present invention,includes a inclined practice region 25, the practice is similar to thepractice in the real golf course by using an iron club or a wood. Theinclined practice portion 25 includes various types of inclined regiondirected from an up-front to a rear-end, from a rear-end to theup-front, from a left side to a right side, and from a right side to aleft side, so that various types of practice can be done.

Furthermore, the golf ball placing portion 30 is formed on the inclinedpractice portion 25 so that a golf ball can be easily stopped on theinclined portion.

The golf ball placing portion 30 can be formed of continuous one line ortwo lines as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9. As the golf ball 5 is not easy toplace on an inclined region, if the golf ball is placed on the inclinedregion, it can be within a scope of an embodiment of the presentinvention.

Although illustrative embodiments of the present invention have beendescribed herein with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is tobe understood that the invention is not limited to those preciseembodiments, and that various other changes and modifications may beaffected therein by one skilled in the art without departing from thescope or sprit of the invention.

Industrial Applicability

Therefore, the golf ball can be easily placed in an inclined portion ofthe golf practice mat for utilizing in a real game by forming the golfpractice mat having various inclining types because a surface of a realgolf course is not flat but inclined.

1. A golf practice mat comprising: a base mat; a bottom plate on thebase mat; a receiving frame inserted on a portion of the base mat andthe bottom plate, wherein the receiving frame includes a tee-shotpractice portion formed of a flat shape and an inclined practice portionfilled with a filling material formed of a concaved shape; an artificialturf plate on the filling material; and artificial turf on theartificial turf plate.
 2. The golf practice mat of claim 1, wherein theartificial turf over the inclined practice portion includes a pluralityof golf ball placing portions for placing a golf ball on the inclinedpractice portion.
 3. The golf practice mat of claim 2, wherein the golfball placing portions are continuously formed on the inclined practiceportion in a radial direction.